My Country

[Intro: Nas] American born, American raised, American made [Chorus: Nas] My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) [Verse 1: Nas] Ayo, it's packed on this Rikers bus The tightest cuffs is holdin' me shackled The life of a thug caught in the devil's lasso On the streets I was invincible Cowards would duck at a glimpse if they knew What my pistol would do, a fuckin' killer Mother's a dope fiend embarrassin' me All in front of my friends in the street, smile with no teeth I never knew daddy, heard he had a '72 caddy Died in a robbery, can't remember him, was probably three Why didn't my folks just die in this society Why wasn't I a child of a doctor who left stocks for me? Two little brothers, two sisters, them shorties gots to eat Mother's a junkie, she twisted, so all they got is me I'm the provider, with goals to do much better than my father Whether through drugs sold, or holdin' revolvers Blurry visions of dad holdin' me high It comes to me slowly, the words he would cry [Chorus: Nas] My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) [Verse 2: Millennium Thug] It is I that step up, me that don't give a fuck You that foe, then it's all over soldier Hummers and Ranges through the desert, fuck a twenty-inch Long as we got gas and we got water Troopers lookin' for manslaughter, I gotta get back For what they owe, shoot 'em in the back for the get back Lead through shit bag, hogtie, gag Forget the life had, now we all rebels Everything burnt down includin' the ghetto We can see for miles, the land, it's major rubble And debris from the Earth as we knew crumble Yo, you could see the sea and the stars look closer to me I'm a mad man, this is a real life movie, Mad Max SKs, AKs max ABR's spittin' and it ain't a rap My mommy dearest pray for me hopin' I come back, but, yo [Chorus: Nas] My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) [Verse 3: Nas & Millennium Thug] Yo, I'm sittin' behind these prison walls I got this pen and pad wishin' on a visit, God Brothers is here for homicide and yo, it's some for rape Some brothers innocent, I pray that I could just escape How is the war, and, yo, I'm wishin' I was in your shoes Holdin' machine guns, clean fun Shootin' dudes with fatigues on Anywhere is better than this It's America's plan, every color of man inherits the shit Yo, I'm startin to think it's all a scheme, nobody cares I know the warden is readin' the scribe, but, yo, I swear It's a billion dollar business, courts, lawyers and jails We all slaves in the system, I'm 'bout to rebel [Verse 4: Millennium Thug] There's not a bitch in sight or a block bench All-black gate, all-gray fence Look who fucked it all up, Mr. President I remember yesterday we was on the block gettin' bent Now it's state of the art I just saw the first dude I met here, his head came apart What a bloody mess, a slug fest I just buried eight of mine At night I hear grown men cryin' You know I'm spittin' mine, I ain't goin' out here We gotta win, every time I hear the wind I think a slug went in I'm checkin' my chest, holdin' my head Catchin' my breath, watchin' my back Smokin' this grass, beatin' my dick, thinkin' of ass I don't know what they broadcast, the newsflash is fake Every day I'm feelin' like you, I wanna escape And if y'all niggas feelin' like me, y'all niggas just say [Chorus: Nas] My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen (We seen too much) My country shitted on me (My country) She wants to get rid of me (Nah, never) 'Cause the things I seen (We know too much) 'Cause the things I seen ('Cause the things we seen) [Outro: Nas] This goes out to Che Guevara A revolutionary destroyed by his country Just trying to fight for what's real This goes out to my nigga Malcolm El-Hajj Malik Shabazz Just tryna to fight for what's real This goes out to Martin All about peace and destroyed by his own country This goes out to everybody in the whole world Just trying to fight for what's real To Patrice Lumumba Just trying to fight for what's real and destroyed by his own people This goes out to my hood niggas Coming up every day just trying to survive The only way we know how But see we know too much now, and we seen too much now So ain't nothing gon' to stop us now To my country My country My country My country My country Yeah, my country